Edinburgh-festivals.com.

The arts have a big place in Edinburgh's summer scene, and this year's season is beginning. Via The Scotsman is this wonderful page of listings and all sorts of other information.

The Edinburgh Arts Festival is the world's largest cultural gathering, as far as I know, and is surrounded by a summer's worth of other events. It began with the Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival and continues as we speak. One of these years I'm going to have to get there. In the meantime, why aren't there festivals of this type in the US. There are lots of different types of festivals, but not large-scale events that combine all the different kinds.

There's an ongoing Photo Blog of the events as well.

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